Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bor-Ulukışla Basin, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

mindat Locality ID: 216785
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216785.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bor-Ulukışla Basin, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Analcime	Blödite	Calcite	Clay	Epsomite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Palygorskite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite

Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Blödite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Thénardite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Blödite Calcite Clay Epsomite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group
Palygorskite Quartz Rocksalt Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	130
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	241
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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